Dr Mathieu Saubade

Sports&exercise MD, #physiatrist, PhD stud on #sweatscience @unil, @CHUVLausanne, @UnisanteVD.Swiss rugby team doctor.❤️#physicalactivity #education #innovation

[Christoph Burch @ChristophBurch]

Role of Physical Activity in Obesity Treatment and Cardiometabolic Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
https://t.co/zg2Ao3WND5

[Martín @DelRealMartin2]

Optimizing Athlete Travel for Performance: A Scientific Blueprint for Athletes, Coaches, and Sports Medicine Staff

https://t.co/qJ0RMZosRl

[Louisa Nicola @louisanicola_]

Exercise is not improving your immune system. It is reprogramming it.

Every training session mobilizes immune cells, inflammatory mediators, metabolites, and stress signals that reshape how the body detects threats, repairs tissue, and suppresses disease.

Skeletal muscle functions as an endocrine organ. The biology of performance is immunological before it is physical.

[Vincent Chaudel @ChaudelV]

Les sport qui augmentent le + l’espérance de vie :

🥎 Sports de raquette : +9,7 ans
⚽ Football : +4,7 ans
🚴 Cyclisme : +3,7 ans
🏊 Natation : +3,4 ans
🏃 Running : +3,2 ans

👓 https://t.co/rDj4GdiPpJ

[Mario Tomic @mariotomich]

Walking is one of the most underrated tools for improving overall health.

In an analysis of 42 studies, outdoor walking groups improved by:
−3.7 mmHg systolic blood pressure
−3.1 mmHg diastolic blood pressure
−2.9 bpm resting heart rate
−1.3% body fat
+2.7 mL/kg/min VO₂max
+80 meters on the 6-minute walk test

Across the board, they became healthier.

[Dr. Rhonda Patrick @foundmyfitness]

The current physical activity guidelines are too low.

I've been saying this for a while. And a new study confirms it.

Meeting the standard 150 minutes/week was associated with only a modest ~8–9% lower cardiovascular risk.

The biggest protection occurred at roughly 560–610 minutes/week, about 3–4× higher, where cardiovascular risk was 30% lower.

We need to distinguish between the minimal activity volume required for basic protection, and the substantially higher volumes required for optimal resilience.

[Mario Tomic @mariotomich]

42% of people who read a book in bed before sleep reported better sleep vs. 28% who didn't read.

Simple sleep upgrade: Replace 20 minutes of scrolling with 20 minutes of reading.

[Beth Frates MD @BethFratesMD]

Exercise is medicine. It would take how many medications to encapsulate all the benefits we get from medicine? What's your guess?

Here's an FUN article on the topic of exercise prescription. #exercise #exerciseismedicine #Health #fridaymorning https://t.co/q1YBTyD5qf

[Siim Land @siimland]

People start thinking about health and aging in their 40s, but the decline starts much earlier:

- Collagen starts declining in your 20s
- VO2 max starts declining in your 20s
- Melatonin declines after puberty
- Visceral fat starts rising post-20s
- Bone density peaks at 30
- Speed and power start declining in your 20s

Start early - prevention beats reversal. Not doing anything leads to natural age-related decline.

Graph: PMID: 28469267

[Mario Tomic @mariotomich]

Losing just 1.1% of body weight from dehydration was associated with:
- 39% lower perceived concentration
- 48% lower alertness
- 115% more driving errors

If you want your brain to function well, stay hydrated.

[Nick Krontiris @nick_krontiris]

This narrative review, developed by an international multidisciplinary expert group, synthesises current evidence on muscle health and clinical nutrition across major clinical domains, including ageing, cancer, metabolic disease, obesity, weight loss interventions and acute illness.

[Sergio Ferrero @calotonterias]

Cuantas más flexiones (push-ups) seguidas puedas hacer, menos riesgo de eventos cardiovasculares tienes.

Los hombres que hacen más de 40 flexiones seguidas tienen un 96% menos de riesgo que los que hacen menos de 10.

[Nick Krontiris @nick_krontiris]

This is the 2025 update of the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) recommendations for physical activity in people with inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis.

[Paul Wischmeyer MD @Paul_Wischmeyer]

Walking ~7000 steps/day vs. ~2000 steps/day is associated with:
- 47% lower all-cause mortality
- 47% lower cardiovascular disease mortality
- 37% lower cancer mortality
- 38% lower dementia risk
- 22% lower depression

If you care about your health, start walking.

[Mario Tomic @mariotomich]

Just 8 minutes of walking increased creative output by 60%.

Stuck on a problem? Go for a walk.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Our best shot for preventing many diseases?
Exercise
A @Cell_Metabolism new review
https://t.co/axi6aUDpZ7

[Sergio Ferrero @calotonterias]

Uno de los mejores anti-cáncer es entrenar a tope.

El ejercicio de alta intensidad, al dificultar que el cáncer acceda a su principal combustible, la glucosa, puede reducir en un 72% el riesgo de metástasis.

[Derek Griffin @DerekGriffin86]

Great overview of the bidirectional association between sleep & pain and the neuroimmune mechanisms.
https://t.co/1m45sgshbN

[Mario Tomic @mariotomich]

Kids with an active dad are 3.5x more likely to be active themselves. With both parents active, that goes up to nearly 6x.

Your habits have a bigger impact on your family than you think.

[Christoph Burch @ChristophBurch]

Unfolding the role of exercise in the management of sleep disorders
https://t.co/J1BpBG9ZAa